Greetings and welcome to Kevin’s Korner. The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. It came a month late, but Iowa Republicans received the best Christmas gift possible when Commie Tommy Harkin announced his retirement on Saturday. The ultra-liberal, ethically compromised, Bahamas resident has long ignored the best [...]
One of the few reliable non-Ron Paul supporters on the Republican Party of Iowa’s State Central Committee has resigned. Fourth Congressional District representative Tim Moran announced his decision to leave the committee on Sunday, effective immediately. Moran was serving his second term on the committee. He also just completed a tenure as the Iowa GOP’s [...]
As expected, A.J. Spiker was reelected as Republican Party of Iowa chairman Saturday morning. His fellow former Ron Paul campaign vice-chair David Fischer was selected RPI co-chair. TheIowaRepublican live blogged the event, which you can read below. There are also videos at the bottom of this column of the speeches by Spiker and Bill Schickel, [...]
The Ames Straw Poll has always faced a long list of detractors from outside the state of Iowa. More recently, political operatives and pundits within the state say the event needs a retooling, primarily to help preserve the Iowa Caucus. Governor Terry Branstad is more blunt. He believes the Ames Straw Poll should be discontinued [...]
Greetings and welcome to Kevin’s Korner. Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it. Did Christie Vilsack’s campaign actually make a cash donation to Steve King’s campaign last week? Indeed, they did … Vilsack sent intern Eleanor West to Sioux City to do some snooping at the congressman’s annual “Defenders of Freedom” [...]
The Republican Party of Iowa’s state central committee met Saturday morning to select a new candidate for elector, appoint a state finance chairperson and take care of other party business. Longtime GOP activist Lanny Hustedt was chosen as the new candidate for elector in Iowa’s 4th congressional district. Hustedt finished second in the balloting behind [...]
Former Ron Paul campaign staffer Steve Bierfeldt is the new executive director of the Republican Party of Iowa. State Central Committee members were notified of Bierfeldt’s hiring by mail last week in a letter sent by Chairman A.J. Spiker. RPI spokesperson Megan Stiles confirmed the hiring of Bierfeldt and another new staffer, John Ferland, to [...]